"After we conceded, you could see that we were lacking confidence because the results haven't been so great in recent months. Then we just fell apart in certain areas and lost our defensive line.

"It's difficult to answer why we are struggling for goals. We're creating chances, but simply aren't putting them away, which would have been very important for our confidence. The fact is, we had so many chances in the last two games but couldn't score. That's really bad.

"You can lose, and 1-0 would have been acceptable. It's bad that we fell apart like that in the last 10 minutes. The players have to take responsibility for that and not just run around like headless chickens in the final 10 minutes."

Germany captain Manuel Neuer said the players had told Low they were ready to meet the challenge of ending the poor run of form.

"I don't know if every single player is feeling insecure. That's something every player needs to ask himself," the goalkeeper said.

"We all made it clear to the head coach that we are ready for the challenge. When you lose that game, you obviously face a lot of criticism and people speak very negatively. But today could have gone very differently, as you could see."

Meanwhile, Bayern Munich notedin a statement that Low had opted not to substitute Jerome Boateng in Amsterdam after he suffered the calf problem that means he will not face France.